[extropy-chat] Re: Century City: The law show of the future

[Mike Lorrey]

I too was impressed with the show. While it seems to be Gatacca meets
LA Law, this first episode, at least, was carried off very effectively,
did well to answer a lot of the pedestrian moral objections, introduced
a main character who is herself genetically engineered, portrayed the
'do it for the children' in favor of the transhumanist position, and
closed up with a transhumanist win.
I thought the side story about the 80's boy band was good too. The only
omission I think is that the member who died did not get cryonically
suspended.

--- David Lubkin <extropy at unreasonable.com> wrote:
> Attanasio seems to have good and useful intentions, although I'm
> still 
> dismayed that no one with a real sf background is involved with the
> show.
> 
>  From http://tinyurl.com/34a7u --
> 
> >"Some things never change -- what people fight over, what they go to
> court 
> >over, and what people want out of life," says Paul Attanasio, show
> creator 
> >and an executive producer. "That hasn't changed since Hammurabi."
> >
> >Attanasio, who wrote "Quiz Show" and "Donnie Brasco," came up with
> the 
> >idea for this near-future show based on science reports in the news.
> 
> >"Genetic engineering, surveillance technologies, travel to Mars, 
> >artificial intelligence, cures for cancer, artificial limbs,
> artificial 
> >eyes," Attanasio rattles off. "It struck me that as a society we are
> 
> >entering a period of unprecedented change that will really affect
> how we 
> >think about ourselves and what we want our lives to look like. And
> the way 
> >we decide, as a community, is through the law. So it occurred to me
> that 
> >if you took a law show, which is a franchise that historically works
> on 
> >television, you could access that emotion. You could basically peek
> around 
> >the corner at stuff happening now."
> 
> 
> -- David Lubkin.
> 
> 
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Mike Lorrey
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